Tag: Psalms

Free Download Jakub Kujawinski, "Nicholas Trevet’s Commentary on the Psalms, 1317-c.1321: A Publishing History "
English | ISBN: 250360210X | 2024 | 340 pages | PDF | 12 MB
How did medieval authors publish their works in the age before print? This study seeks to achieve new insights into the publishing strategies of medieval authors by focusing on Nicholas Trevet, an English Dominican friar and Oxford master. Shortly after 1317, Trevet was commissioned by his provincial prior to write a literal commentary on the Psalter. He chose as his reference version the less commonly used Latin translation by Jerome from the Hebrew, and delivered his work before 1321/22. The first book-length examination of Trevet’s commentary, this detailed study traces the ways in which the work was circulated by the author and his proxies. Through a combined analysis of codicological, textual, and historical features of the nine extant fourteenth-century manuscripts, this study identifies contemporary efforts to make Trevet’s work available to readers within and without the Dominican Order, in England and on the Continent. Even during the author’s lifetime the commentary was copied in Paris and reached readers in Avignon and likely in Naples.

Free Download Dr. Simmons, Brian, "The Psalms Poetry on Fire / Proverbs Wisdom from Above: With 31-Day Psalms and Proverbs Devotionals (Passion Translation)"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1424550173 | EPUB | pages: 462 | 5.7 mb
Every emotion of the heart is reflected in the Psalms with words that express our deepest and strongest feelings. They free us to become emotional, passionate, sincere worshippers, giving us an expression for faith and worship. The Passion Translation presents these 150 poetic masterpieces in modern English to convey the depth of our longings and fears, joys and celebration, becoming a mirror to the heart of God&;s people in our quest to experience God&;s presence.

Free Download Carissa Quinn, "The Arrival of the King: The Shape and Story of Psalms 15-24 "
English | ISBN: 1683597141 | 2023 | 280 pages | EPUB | 7 MB

Free Download Elmer L. Towns, "Praying the Psalms: The Touch of God and Be Touched by Him"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0768421950 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 0.5 mb
Dr. Towns delicately presents the Psalms as a living language that will move you from your feet to your knees.

Free Download C. Richard Wells, "Forgotten Songs: Reclaiming the Psalms for Christian Worship"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1433671786 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 4.1 mb
Many in the church have forgotten the Psalms. They may still be read, but the rich history of using them as the backbone of Christian worship (from the earliest days of the church until the 19th century) is unknown. For some the thought of praying or singing the Psalms, alone or with others, is entirely foreign. In this we are out of step with our forebears in the faith; we are an oddity in the history of the church and duly suffer for it.

Free Download Steven Dunn, "The Sanctuary in the Psalms: Exploring the Paradox of God’s Transcendence and Immanence"
English | ISBN: 1498507999 | 2016 | 130 pages | EPUB | 1018 KB
This book is an exploration and interpretation of the diverse symbols and images that represent the sacred presence of God in the Book of Psalms. These images of sacred spaces and objects represent diverse conceptions of "the sanctuary" or sacred spaces, objects and texts that mediate God’s presence and bridge the gap between the ineffable nature of God as transcendent and beyond human comprehension and as immanently and intimately present in human experience. I explore the multivalent ways in which images of sacred spaces and objects facilitate prayer and contemplation. This book represents a valuable contribution to the study of Psalms and biblical theology, spirituality and prayer.

Free Download Patrick P. O’Neill, "Old English Psalms (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)"
English | 2016 | pages: 735 | ISBN: 0674504755 | PDF | 17,5 mb
The Latin psalms figured prominently in the lives of the Anglo-Saxons, whether sung in the Divine Office by clerics, studied as a textbook for language learning by students, or recited in private devotion by lay people. They were also translated into Old English, first in prose and later in verse. Sometime in the middle of the eleventh century, the prose and verse translations were brought together and organized in a complementary sequence in a manuscript now known as the Paris Psalter. The prose version, traditionally attributed to King Alfred (d. 899), combines literal translation with interpretative clarification. In contrast, the anonymous Old English verse translation composed during the tenth century approaches the psalms in a spirit of prayer and devotion. Despite their differences, both reflect earnest attempts to capture the literal meaning of the psalms.

Free Download AJ Berkovitz, "A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity "
English | ISBN: 1512824186 | 2023 | 274 pages | PDF | 10 MB
The Bible shaped nearly every aspect of Jewish life in the ancient world, from activities as obvious as attending synagogue to those which have lost their scriptural resonance in modernity, such as drinking water and uttering one’s last words. And within a scriptural universe, no work exerted more force than the Psalter, the most cherished text among all the books of the Hebrew Bible.

Free Download Michael D. Rasmussen, "Conceptualizing Distress in the Psalms: A Form-Critical and Cognitive Semantic Study of the 1 Word Group "
English | ISBN: 1463206100 | 2018 | 314 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Psalms containing lexemes derived from the Hebrew root (to bind, be in distress) reveal a previously-unnoticed generic subgroup in the Psalter. Through structural and cognitive linguistic principles, Rasmussen explores issues related to genre, Hebrew grammar, and syntax in order to arrive at a set of three cognitive domains of powerlessness, palpable threat, and entreaty which are relatively unique to psalms that include lexemes. Rasmussen also makes suggestions about the editorial process of the Hebrew Psalter, concluding that after the Babylonian exile, distress was more strongly associated with divine discipline and displeasure, whereas before the exile it was more associated with declarations of innocence.

Free Download Rachel Ryan, "Secret Treasures from Psalms: Using Psalms 1-24 as a Map to the Treasure of God’s Heart Toward You and as a Key to Unloc"
English | ISBN: 1664270914 | 2022 | 194 pages | EPUB | 673 KB
Psalms 1-24 holds many jewels to be unearthed. In Secret Treasures from Psalms, author Rachel Ryan offers an all-inclusive study and daily devotional that travels through joy and heartache, and distress and victory with David.